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Measured Architecture
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AIBC-registered architecture studio, Measured Architecture Inc.
A design-led Vancouver studio that builds houses to last.
Clinton Cuddington and Piers Cunnington started Measured in 2007. The studio now runs about 15 people across architecture, interiors, and landscape. They call their approach "situational modernism" — start with the client, the site, and the rules, then design from there.
2007
Founded
~15
People on the team
2015
AIBC Emerging Firm
2022
WL Architects of the Year
Meet Measured Architecture
Measured Architecture is a Vancouver studio that designs houses, multi-family buildings, interiors, and landscapes. Clinton Cuddington founded it in 2007 and runs it with co-principal Piers Cunnington. The team is around 15 people, including two associates, architectural technologists, project managers, intern architects, and interior designers.
The studio describes its method as "situational modernism." That means they start from the client's goals, the specifics of the site, and the local zoning and budget — then design from those constraints rather than imposing a fixed style. Cunnington has put it plainly: the work succeeds when clients say a space feels the way they wanted, even if it does not look like what they first pictured.
Most of the firm's published work is single-family and heritage-sensitive: Beach House on Point Grey Road kept an existing 1980s structure instead of tearing it down, and Veil House in East Vancouver is a new family home built to fit a heritage street. The studio also lists multi-family housing and public work, including a project for the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Measured entered the inaugural 2008 Western Living awards in its first year and has been recognized repeatedly since. It won the AIBC Emerging Firm Award in 2015 and was named Western Living Architects of the Year in 2022.
Credentials
Recognition
Western Living Architects of the Year
Western Living Architectural Designer of the Year
Western Living Interior Designer of the Year
AIBC Emerging Firm Award
Western Living Architectural Designer of the Year
AIBC Lieutenant-Governor Award — Merit (Mayne Island Retreat)
Western Living Architectural Designer of the Year
Why work with Measured
01
Design starts with the site and the rules, not a template
Measured begins each project from the client's goals, the lot, and the local zoning and budget, then works the design out from there. For a multiplex on a tight or unusual lot, that habit matters more than a house style.
02
Long track record with peer awards
The studio has been recognized by AIBC and Western Living across architecture and interiors since 2008. That history helps when a project needs an architect who can argue a design through a development permit process.
03
Heritage and infill experience
Published projects like Beach House and Veil House show the firm working inside existing structures and on heritage-sensitive streets — the kind of context most Vancouver multiplex sites sit in.
Built work
Beach House
Point Grey Road, Vancouver
A renovation that kept the existing 1980s structure and reworked it into a contemporary home instead of demolishing it.
Veil House
East Vancouver
A new family home with basement bedrooms lit by deep window wells, designed to fit a heritage street.
Raven House
Mayne Island
A transformation of an existing Blue Sky Architecture house, reworked through what the firm calls "creation through removal."
Frequently asked questions
Does Measured Architecture take small multiplex projects?
Who runs the firm?
Where are they based and do they work outside Vancouver?
Reach Measured at 604-737-0235 or [email protected] to discuss a design-led multiplex project.
Reach out directly — no VanPlex middle layer.
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